The Photobook: A History Volume I
Martin Parr and Gerry Badger
Phaidon
English
Hardcover (signed)
320 pages
250 x 290 mm
2014
ISBN 9780714842851
This is the first publication in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s series ‘The Photobook: A History’, providing an in depth study into the phenomenon of the photobook.
The Photobook provides a comprehensive overview of the development of the photobook: from its inception at the dawn of photography in the early nineteenth century through to the radical Japanese photobooks of the 1960s and 70s, by way of the Modernist and propaganda books of the 1930s and 40s.
(source: https://www.martinparrfoundation.org/product/the-photobook-a-history-volume-i-signed/)
About the Artist
Martin Parr (b. 1952) is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take an intimate, satirical and anthropological look at aspects of modern life, in particular documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world.
martinparr.com
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Parr)
Gerry Badger is a British photographer, architect and photography critic. He has published a number of books, among them Collecting Photography (2002), The Genius of Photography (2007) and The Pleasures of Good Photographs (2010), for which he was given the Infinity Writer’s Award by the International Center of Photography (New York) in 2011.
(source: https://www.cccb.org/en/participants/file/gerry-badger/225028)
About the Publisher
Phaidon is the premier global publisher of the creative arts. We work with the world’s most influential authors to produce innovative books on art, photography, design, architecture, fashion, food, and travel, and illustrated books for children. Phaidon has a long and distinguished history as an art-book publisher with over 1,500 titles in print.
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(source: https://www.phaidon.com/about-phaidon/)
